KISSING THE BOOK.
Am instance of how excitability runs away with a witness was given in the Hamilton Court, when a labourer entered the box, and started' to roll off a long story before he was sworn. He was pulled up by Senior Sergeant Cassells, and handed a Bible by a constable. Ht? commenced to kiss the book vigrusly as though anxious to impress the Court with his bona tides, when the constable began to read the form of oath. “Do you swear ,r “Yes, yes,” interjected witness, again kissing the book vigorously; “by Almighty God,” went on the constable. “Yes, yes,” kiss, kiss —and so on until the formula was read, when the book was eagerly and safely rescued by the constable. Witness then went off rapidly into his story again before his name and occupation hod been made known to the Court, and it was only by the steadying influence exerted by the sergeant that clear, connected evidence was extracted.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5357, 15 February 1916, Page 7
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